Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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proper

UK /ˈpɹɒpə/ · US /ˈpɹɑpɚ/ adjective, adverb, noun, proper noun

Forms propers propa propah propuh propre

  1. adjective Suited or acceptable to the purpose or circumstances; fit, suitable. “the proper time to plant potatoes”
  2. adjective Following the established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous. “a very proper young lady”
  3. adjective (topology, of a function) Such that the preimage of every compact set is compact.
  4. adjective (topology, of a function) Continuous, mapping closed sets to closed sets, and such that the preimage of every point is compact.
  5. adjective (algebraic geometry, of a morphism of schemes) Separated, of finite type, and universally closed.
  6. adjective (algebraic geometry, of a variety over a field k) Such that unique morphism from the variety to k is proper (as above).
  7. adjective (mathematical analysis, of a metric space) Such that every closed ball is compact.
  8. adjective (grammar) Used to designate a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are usually written with an initial capital letter.
  9. adverb (UK, Ireland, colloquial) properly; thoroughly; completely.
  10. adverb (nonstandard, colloquial) properly.
  11. noun (obsolete) Something set apart for a special use.
  12. noun (Christianity) A part of the Christian liturgy that varies according to the date.
  13. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

correct right apt prudent upright sensible fitting allowable appropriate apropos apposite comely commensurate decorous expedient felicitous fit fit for purpose gainand idoneous

Antonyms

incorrect wrong bad imprudent insensible improper discommensurate inappropriate malapropos inapt incommensurate inept

Etymology

From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: propre), from Latin proprius.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Belonging to one; one's own; individual. "His proper good" [i. e., his own possessions]. Chaucer. "My proper son." Shak.
  2. adjective Belonging to the natural or essential constitution; peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper instincts and appetites.
  3. adverb Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper good.

Etymology [OE. propre, F. propre, fr. L. proprius. Cf. Appropriate.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “proper”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

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